Saville wrote:
airnutz wrote:
Saville wrote:
Can anyone identify the wings that both guys are wearing at the end of the video? They seem to have a parachute on them
Also Cruise is wearing Navy Captain rank insignia.
Saville, The wings bear the shield of the United States, over a Navy fouled anchor centered between the wings. I'm guessing the shield is your concern?
Do you say that because you can see that in the video? Or is that your assumption?
I don't know...I know Navy wings and they don't look like Navy Wings. Especially James. I took a snap of the video and zoomed in. Don't look like Navy Wings, though it's really hard to tell. If Cruise is sporting Captain's Eagles as a tie in with the movie then I would imagine he'd be wearing Navy wings as well.
BTW I don't have any...."concerns". Just curiosity.
I said it because I watched the video. I looked at Cruise's wings patch at the 11:45 mark, and Corden's at the 14:42 mark. Both images are abit small to glean any critical detail from them, but at a distance they they appear to represent the basic elements of the gold Navy wings. Corden's less so, because small embroidery rarely is terribly accurate. They both don't look as good as the cast metal versions.
As for using the word concern...I was just trying to focus what element looked like a chute to you...tho the shield was the only thing it coulda' been. I guess it would have been helpful if you had shared your screen grab or the minute marks, instead I viewed the vid several times.
I'm guessing they're not wearing metal wings because if they had to bail out, they don't want to risk the things stabbing them during the excitement.
One curious detail caught my eye. While flying the L-39 as you noted Cruise is wearing Captain's insignia, but the wings patch has Tom Cruise embossed on it. Tommy wouldn't be scoring cheap thrills on the ramp by preying on the uninitiated having them 'salute the rank' or conversation starters with the chicks?...Naw, not Tom...